2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton's "angry" face
This is an article about research in a lab to determine people's reactions to emotions expressed in faces - and how the reactions vary based on the gender of the person being viewed.
People respond differently to the same expressions if used by a woman vs. used by a man.
The implication of Mr. Priebuss comment was a familiar one: A woman making stern-looking facial movements must be angry or upset. A man who looks the same, on the other hand, is focusing on the important matters at hand.
Most of us recognize gender stereotypes when theyre blatant. But when stereotyping is more subtle, as shown by the facial photo studies, we all succumb and often dont realize it.
Keep this in mind when you watch the debate on Monday. Will you perceive Mrs. Clinton as running warm and cold, but Mr. Trump as responding to the ups and downs of the debate? When each candidate presses a point, will you see Mrs. Clinton as being irate but Mr. Trump as simply trying to best his opponent? If so, ask yourself: Is it possible that youre channeling unconscious, cultural biases, and can you rise above them?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/opinion/sunday/hillary-clintons-angry-face.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region
This drove me crazy during the primaries, too. Bernie could get applauded for his righteous anger. And I understood that -- he was genuinely angry and his anger was completely justified.
But if Bernie had been exactly the same, except for being "Bernice" -- no way. A Bernice would never have been allowed to show that passion, that anger. (Neither would a black man running for the Presidency. President Obama didn't win by being perceived as an angry black man.)
Elizabeth Warren has spoken of this -- how differently women are treated in this regard. Even women Senators have to be careful they don't express themselves in a way that's going to offend people.
niyad
(113,776 posts)BootinUp
(47,209 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)And factual you are, lots of people react as if you're being emotional. Of course that allows them to react emotionally since my thoughts are a "situation" and not a counter argument. Happens all the time.
I'm like wait- stop taking it personally and argue your point!
I realized too late that I should probably have given myself a gender neutral screen name.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Say anything about this
world wide wally
(21,758 posts)He puts on the frown as if it gives him gravitas.
He just looks like a sad buffoon.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Anyone who says otherwise is purposely stupid or just plain stupid.